SWRCB – California Globe

Ringside: Finding Water for the San Joaquin Valley

December 5, 2024 10:43 amDecember 5, 2024 10:43 am

Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley require roughly 15 million acre feet of water per year to irrigate their crops. In return they produce more than half of all California’s agricultural output. But everything is changing. Since 2000 the amount of...

Is It Racist: A Look at State Agency Anti-Racism Plans

June 7, 2024 2:45 amJune 7, 2024 2:46 am

Thanks to the good people at the State Water Resources Control Board, we all know now that California’s water is not racist, or at least as racist as it supposedly used to be. That’s all well and good –...

Yay for Bad Government!

November 19, 2023 3:00 amNovember 19, 2023 3:01 am

Government (and many private) bureaucracies are where hope goes to die. Populated by slothful, uncaring time servers who literally have no motivation to do much more than physically (and now not even that) show up, sit down, and look plausible...

California Regional Water Usage Declines As Statewide Water Stores Remain Above Average

September 6, 2023 2:30 amSeptember 6, 2023 6:17 am

According to new data released by the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), average monthly residential water use sharply declined in the first half of 2023, with water stores in reservoirs and other places continuing to remain well above...

Newsom Vetoes Bill To Reduce Water Quality Problems in SoCal Rivers

September 19, 2022 1:55 pm

A bill that would have drastically reduced water quality problems on the California-Mexico border was vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday due to concerns over the bills final price tag of $100 million. Assembly Bill 2248, authored by Assemblyman...

State Water Resources Control Board Gives Water Use Restriction Exemption For City of Santa Cruz

June 15, 2022 3:34 pm

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) announced on Wednesday that they approved the City of Santa Cruz’s request to be exempt from the latest Stage 2 Water Shortage Contingency Plan due to their water efficiency plans and still...

State Water Resources Control Board Announces That 6,600 Farmers May Have Water Shut Off

June 17, 2021 2:40 amJune 16, 2021 7:40 pm

The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) cautioned 6,600 farmers in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta watershed on Tuesday that they may have water shutoff until winter. This years drought, which Governor Gavin Newsom has already declared an emergency in...